Health Care Costs Rise Yet Care Improves, North Augusta Speaker Says
University Hospital administrator Edward M. Gillespie told North Augusta Chamber of Commerce that health care costs have risen like other goods since 1977 while quality has improved. He cited CAT scanners and micro vascular surgery, noted 2,400 employees with 600 from Aiken County, 25 000 patients served, and 544 197 dollars in free care to Aiken residents in 1979.
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The 1980s age of meism voiced by a church youth minister
Rev. Don Brock of North Augusta First Baptist told the Rotary Club that teens face a freedom they cannot handle with half of American teens growing up with one parent. He warned of rising violence, campus assaults, and widespread parental and school-based tensions.
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Jobs for Young Workers Earn Low Pay in 1976
The article notes that many jobs taken by young workers require few skills and have high turnover. In May 1976, 55 percent of young men aged 16 to 19 and 72 percent of young women aged 16 to 19 earned less than $2.50 per hour.
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